Pomeron Flux Renormalization: A scaling Law in Diffraction
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The pomeron flux renormalization hypothesis is reviewed and presented as a scaling law in diffraction. Predictions for soft and hard diffraction based on pomeron flux scaling are compared with experimental results. STANDARD POMERON FLUX The cross section for hadron dissociation on protons, hp → Xp, at large xF ≡ p‖/2 √ s, where p‖ is the z(beam)-component of the (leading) proton in the final state, is dominated by pomeron exchange [1]. In Regge theory, the pomeron contribution is given by the triple-pomeron amplitude d2σ sd dξdt = β IPpp(t) 16π ξIP (t)
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تاریخ انتشار 1998